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    Thumbs up Ireland just miss out on Winter Olympics medal

    Clifton Wrottesley just missed out on claiming Ireland's first winter medal, finishing in fourth in the mens skeleton. He was 3rd in first run & 9th in 2nd run.

    BBC Winter Olympics section

    Jeez you don't hear that name too often?

    btw thats one kool name for an event

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    That's Lord Clifton Wrottesley. A good Dublin name.
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    But an American named Jim Shea won the gold!
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    Correction

    That's Lord Clifton Wrottesley. A good Dublin name.
    My mistake, Baron Clifton Hugh Lancelot de Verdon Wrottesley, a good Galway name.
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